Governments and who pays the bills

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Lessons from Africa

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by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, law and economics, Marxist economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: , ,

Acemoglu and Robinson on the futility of foreign aid from Why Nations Fail

12 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: ,

.@oxfam is overfunded. Prioritises recycling over refugee relief @oxfamnz

18 Mar 2018 1 Comment

by Jim Rose in defence economics, development economics, environmental economics, growth disasters Tags: , ,

10 Charities That Made Things Worse

11 Mar 2018 Leave a comment

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.@linda_polman on aid in war zones @OxfamNZ @TaxpayersUnion

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by Jim Rose in development economics, economics of bureaucracy, Public Choice, war and peace Tags:

Polman observed the ‘crisis caravan’ of aid organizations in post-war situations. In the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide millions of people fled to neighbouring DR Congo. “The entire extremist Hutu government and army settled in those refugee camps … A lot of money went into the Hutu extremist movement who used it to gain strength and continue their genocidal struggle”.

Still more evidence of mass kidnappings of @Oxfam activists

09 Sep 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: , , ,

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The only charitable explanation for ODA activists not dancing in the streets to celebrate the success of capitalism in abolishing extreme poverty is mass kidnappings. Their forcible detention is the only thing stopping them celebrating, I am sure.

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#TPPANoWay @oxfamNZ @GreenpeaceUSA The Effects of Globalization

07 Feb 2016 Leave a comment

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Does a country with a bullet train need ODA?

30 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: , ,

62 billionaires alert: extreme poverty could have fallen so much faster?

24 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, entrepreneurship, growth miracles Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

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